671. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions recommended in the Report of the Citizen's Assembly on Gender Equality; the action plan produced by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality that are currently completed, in progress, or have not yet been actioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15738/25]
576. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the number of reported incidences submitted through the Garda traffic watch online reporting system; the number of reported incidences that resulted in a caution being issued to the offender; and the number of reported incidences that resulted in a fine being issued to the offender. [15689/25]
574. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice for a list of books and periodicals currently banned by the Censorship of Publications Board; when such items were last reviewed; the reason for their prohibition and the next scheduled review or expiration of their ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15659/25]
573. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice for a list of movies, television shows and video games currently banned by the Irish Film Classification Office; when such items were last reviewed; the reason for their prohibition; the next scheduled review or expiration of their ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15658/25]
572. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the work of his Department and that of the Prison Service to develop enhanced prison-based addiction treatment services to support those with addictions and dual diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15656/25]
571. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the progress on the evaluation of the drug treatment court, as identified as a strategic priority under the National Drugs Strategy Strategic Action Plan for 2023-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15654/25]
543. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15257/25]
526. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024. [15740/25]
491. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the work of the working group initiated as part of a review of the Derelict Sites Act, 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15700/25]
472. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15261/25]
356. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of copyright infringements (details supplied); the steps his Department are taking to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material from tech companies using pirated material to train their AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15425/25]
352. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of copyright infringements (details supplied); the steps his Department are taking to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material from tech companies using pirated material to train their AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15420/25]
344. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15259/25]
333. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Finance if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15256/25]
316. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the implementation of next generation ticketing and cashless payment under BusConnects Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15720/25]
314. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a timeline for the extension of free child fares on public service obligation services to children aged five to eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15691/25]
313. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of applicants for exemptions to permit the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft from Irish-register civil aircraft operating outside of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15643/25]
296. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a timeline for extending the ten-year vehicle limit for taxis registered in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15358/25]
227. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; how these breaches of international law impact Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement asserting respect for human rights by all parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15260/25]
100. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to establish a community ownership fund to help community groups and social enterprises to buy or take over local community assets at risk of being lost, to be run as community-owned businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14529/25]
93. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being examined by his Department to address loneliness and social isolation in rural areas and communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14528/25]
76. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to establish a dedicated grant scheme for the maintenance and upgrading of community playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14526/25]
107. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 and introduce a certificate formally recognising a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14358/25]
889. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the visit of the Minister of State with special responsibility for community development, charities, the Gaeltacht and the islands to New Zealand for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he attended, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13400/25]
714. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health to Denmark and Sweden for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13403/25]
663. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans to develop a national policy on the rights of children living in informal kinship care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13882/25]
647. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability to Japan for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13402/25]
646. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on her visit to London for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13401/25]
531. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the proposed permanent annual cost of disability support payment to individuals who are in receipt of the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14154/25]
486. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on his visit to Atlanta and Savannah in the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he attended, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13399/25]
447. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for establishing town councils; the population size needed to qualify for the establishment of a town council; the role town councils will play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/25]
345. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to instigate a child protection review of the recently published ‘Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis Situations Guidelines for Schools in Supporting Students’; her plans for a review of the reporting mechanism on the use of seclusion and restraint in schools, prior to their taking full effect in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13409/25]
164. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with representatives of the US-Jewish community during his visit to the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day and the reports from the American Jewish Committee that he indicated that the occupied territories Bill was no longer on the legislative agenda. [13395/25]
323. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to consider policy measures, up to and including legislation, to encourage businesses in Ireland to use bilingual packaging for their products as a way to promote and increase visibility of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13036/25]
237. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a copy of the plan to restore waiting times for driving tests to ten weeks that was requested by his officials as condition of his Department sanctioning 70 permanent positions for driver testers for the RSA in September 2024; the date by which his Department has requested waiting times to be restored to ten weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13239/25]
236. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the work of his Department to strengthen the State’s ability to detect and sanction breaches of law relating to the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft in Irish sovereign airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13220/25]
1818. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres currently under construction within CHO4; when each of these will be opened; the level of service each will provide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12237/25]
1789. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the Evaluation of the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12041/25]
1761. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a certificate formally recognising a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11924/25]
1650. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to amend the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 to prohibit marketing of zero-alcohol products that share the same branding, logos and colours as their parent alcoholic counterparts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11428/25]
1598. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a timeline on legislation that would add HHC as a Schedule 1 controlled drug to the misuse of drugs legislative framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11188/25]
1594. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the €1.48 billion committed to in Budget 2025 for mental health that is dedicated specifically to those under 18 years of age and related child mental health services. [11161/25]
1536. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide bridging funding for an organisation (details supplied) as they continue to work with the HSE regarding a possible service level agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10896/25]
1423. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to increase the number of therapists in CDNTs; the current WTE staffing shortage, by CHO area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12234/25]
1404. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to provide for a period of paid leave consequent upon miscarriage or for the purposes of availing of reproductive healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11923/25]
1271. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding supports available to local communities to help maintain and or acquire local wetland areas in order to protect their habitat and ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11609/25]